Paramedic on ground unit for nearly 8 years, supervisor for 6 years for an MICU and critical care ground service with appx 75000 calls a year, and JUST PASSED MY NCLEX!
Super happy but very confused about options/future. Have two aas degrees, one in prehosp medicine and one in nursing and plan to get BSN in next couple of years. I am a lifetime learner. Love bass fishing and have interests in advanced airway mgmt.
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AMeN. That's the bigggg issue for me. I want to go home. We have 12 hour units but the pay is worse over the long term. If you pick up a 24 you make 24hr pay so there's really no incentive. Plus where...
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It is an absolute nightmare. We use zoll EPCR which is a great program but man, trying to put down every single little intervention right on the time it happened is crazy. We have all kinds of tricks...
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Absolutely! Thanks for your kind comments. Believe it or not we too have a TON of charting. Literally after every call I have to sit down for at least an hour on just a random CP or SOB or something...
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Oh yea that's great to know. I was under the impression they were very similar in practice, autonomy and salary. I understand the curriculum is quite different but I honestly haven't looked that far...
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Sure, I would love to do 12's. And I realize it may run to 14's but I just want to see my bed at my house before the next morning. And granted my son may already be out but it would just be nice to be...
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I would say much more than medics. If you do a simple google search of "nursing lobbyists" vs "paramedic lobbyists" wow its a huge difference. You see alot of foreign support for paramedics in their...
reyndonn1054 replied to reyndonn1054's topic in General Nursing
Wow, Thank you for your comments. After reading all the posts I feel like I'm just going to take an ER job, for now. I'm in a BSN program so hopefully that will give me more options once I finish...
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Your example was very good. You paint a great picture of the evolution of patient care. More stable and lobbied means there are far more jobs and always will be; and laws that support the nurse and...
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I appreciate your feedback. I live in East Texas. Sounds like I need to get a nurse job! I will say also that I use the nursing process every day on the ambulance and have been since the beginning....
Hey there, I'm new to the forum but love the blogs/educational opportunities and discussions and hope to offer as much help as I received here during nursing school. I just had a question. I've been...